Android: Who's Using What?

Google has updated its Developer-focused breakdown of the Android user base, generating a lovely green pie chart showing which versions of the mobile OS its users are on. Not that most people have a choice about it, of course.

The stats show that Android 2.1 is way in the lead, occupying the ROM space of 55.5 per cent of all Android phones - with the very latest 2.2 update only sitting on 3.3 per cent of handsets (that'll be the Nexus One owners) that connected to the Android Market in the two-week period ending July 15.

Android 1.5 is still going strong too, thanks to the slow pace of updates around the world and a few phones left in permanent limbo by their uncaring makers. [Android Developers]

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